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Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
Child 3-view ankle ... 0.0015 mSv 1/14th CXRs ... chest 0.02 mSv 1 CXRs ... scan 6.2 mSv 310 CXRs ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
regular intervals deep ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Lung #ALines #ALiEM
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
contour Carina angle ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... Interpretation #Checklist #radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
tolerance, and ankle ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
the costophrenic angle ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Recognition of a pneumothorax depends on the volume of air in the pleural space and the
lateral costophrenic angle ... There is a deep ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... #Tension #Deep
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
again descending deep ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... LongAxis #PSLA #ALiEM
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
and an obtuse angle ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle
Vena azygos lobe
A common normal variant is the azygos lobe.
The azygos lobe is created when a
azygos vein makes a deep ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Azygous #
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
positioned too deep ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Total #Lung